Haier America recently announced an expansion at its Camden, S.C., facility with the launch of a new product to be manufactured at the plant.

Haier has developed a first-of-its-kind 25 cubic foot 3-drawer refrigerator /freezer that offers a flexible storage drawer. This drawer has an internal volume of 4.6 cubic feet and can easily convert from refrigerator to freezer at the touch of a button.

In order to accommodate the new product line, Haier is investing $6 million in equipment at their facility in Steeplechase Industrial Park. The company will also hire an additional 128 workers to staff the new product line. Hiring is expected to begin in March 2007. This expansion represents the first phase of the $100 million, 1,000-job long range plan announced by Haier last year during Vice Premier Wu Yi’s visit to Camden.

Haier Group was formed in 1984 in Qingdao, China, and has facilities in 16 countries, employing over 50,000 fulltime workers around the world. Haier Group average annual growth rate was 68 percent between 1985 and 2005. The Camden facility opened in 2000.

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